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From: ostroff@Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Shutdown Mac II after use; is it a good idea?
Keywords: Mac II ci, shutdown
Message-ID: <1990Jun13.125852.20926@oswego.Oswego.EDU>
Date: 13 Jun 90 12:58:52 GMT
References: <14026@csli.Stanford.EDU>
Reply-To: ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
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Organization: Instructional Computing Center, SUNY at Oswego, Oswego, NY
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In article <14026@csli.Stanford.EDU> kao@csli.stanford.edu (Imin Kao) writes:
>I was told by someone that the electronic equipment, such as
>computers, should not be turned off and on too often.  Therefore, I am
>wondering whether it is a good idea to shutdown Mac II or Mac IIci
>after I am done with it.  

The manual which came with my IIcx (and appears to be a new "generic"
Mac manual) states that you should not shut your computer off unless
you don't plan to use it for awhile.  The stress of powering up the
components does more damage than just leaving them on, it says.

See... you actually can learn something from reading the manuals (RTFM :-) !

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